Predictive Performance Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio of Acute Tonsillitis with Deep Neck Space Infection in Adult Patients
Table 1
Demographics and characteristics of patients.
Variables
Acute tonsillitis without DNI
Acute tonsillitis with DNI
value
n = 309
n = 123
Age
40.2 ± 15.95
46.8 ± 16.61
<0.001
Male sex
157 (50.8%)
90 (73.2%)
<0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
131.3 ± 17.88
136.8 ± 19.66
0.008
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
78.4 ± 11.75
82.1 ± 13.23
0.004
Pulse rate (beats/min)
94.1 ± 17.57
92.4 ± 18.21
0.390
Body temperature (°C)
37.6 ± 0.98
37.3 ± 0.74
0.006
Laboratory test
Hemoglobin (g/dL)
13.8 ± 1.50
14.1 ± 1.39
0.087
Hematocrit (%)
39.8 ± 4.07
40.5 ± 3.80
0.073
White blood cell (109/L)
11.3 ± 4.59
13.7 ± 3.64
<0.001
Neutrophil (%)
71.2 ± 13.93
77.6 ± 7.89
<0.001
Lymphocyte (%)
19.1 ± 12.43
13.6 ± 7.12
<0.001
ANC (×103/μL)
8.4 ± 4.45
10.8 ± 3.52
<0.001
Platelet (109/L)
236.0 ± 66.96
247.2 ± 65.15
0.113
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)
12.3 ± 5.20
14.07 ± 6.41
0.003
Creatinine (mg/dL)
0.8 ± 0.37
0.9 ± 0.26
0.320
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)
4.7 ± 5.32
7.9 ± 7.39
<0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase (IU/L)
26.9 ± 18.88
25.3 ± 19.6
0.427
Alanine aminotransferase (IU/L)
289.0 ± 37.52
30.7 ± 35.60
0.661
Sodium (mmol/L)
137.3 ± 2.84
136.9 ± 2.79
0.179
Potassium (mmol/L)
3.9 ± 0.36
3.9 ± 0.36
0.059
NLR
6.1 ± 5.03
8.0 ± 5.67
0.003
GW admission
25 (8.1%)
72 (58.5%)
<0.001
ICU admission
2 (0.6%)
5 (4.1%)
0.022
Hospital length
0.4 ± 1.73
4.0 ± 8.86
<0.001
DNI, deep neck infection; NLR, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio; GW admission, general wards admission; ICU admission, intensive care unit admission. Bold values are statistically significant with a value less than 0.05.
